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Confederate States of America. Congress Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences [sic] of the country.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06745.018 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 12 December 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 14.3 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

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Johnson, Homer Uri, fl. 1896

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